Create a search-a-word puzzle
with your students' names with PuzzleMaker
from Discovery. Students can work the puzzles while you pass
out books or do other "housekeeping" chores the first day
of school

Time
Fillers
Short activities to fill those extra 5 minutes here and there

Trying
to decide how to place your students' desks? Seating
arrangements have a lot of influence over classroom
management. Read about it here.
Also, read pros
and cons of different seating arrangements (alphabetical,
letting them choose, etc.) here.

Give
homework the first week. Have students write an excuse or fill
out a form for not completing homework EVERY TIME it is not
completed. Store all of these excuses
in the students' folders. You will have something to show
parents who may not believe you otherwise.